Patience Required

Now is the time when our patience is truly being tested as we have to let Josh proceed at his own pace. It has been a day by day challenge to get Josh to nipple his feeds and some days he does really well (90%) and then the next day he'll be tired and do less (50%). It is a day by day process but we know that he will get there soon.

Josh has recently been switched to a new formula, Good Start Nourish, which is better nutritionally for him than the Alimentum. We are still monitoring him carefully to make sure that he doesn't have any bloody stools but it appears that he is tolerating this new formula. We are sticking with the plan of alternating bottles of plain breast milk and Nourish and it is helping him gain weight and get the right nutrients while still getting the benefits of breast milk.

In good news Josh now weighs 8 pounds and today he passed his hearing test.